Hutch: when is your new crew-cab to arrive?? Did you use your 97 as a trade? And the really big question: How much??? Did you order the 5speed?? What color?? Which seats? Was your 97 a 5 speed? If you have ordered the 5speed, when you do get it, please post how it runs & how you like it Your question about what bennies you will get from the chip is a Mike question for sure. I haven't seen anyone posting here with a 5speed 5.4 Maybe check the F250 thread, might be more info there.

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97F150 XLT SC 4x4 Flairside 4.6 V8 5sp Dk Toreador Red, 3.55LS
ARE tonneau cover, p255/70rx16 tires (came w/235), Superchip
Pioneer CD w/4 Polk Speakers & Clarion APA5240amp, skid plates
bed liner, side window deflectors, reese hitch, K&N air filter
40s-2chamber Flowmaster, Bosch +4 spark plugs, rustproofing
Better Built Stainless nerf bars

 

Thanks Tina. The 250's due sometime in mid Nov. Always been partial to Black/Tan...150 was the same. Trading it unless I sell it before the new one comes in. As far as $$$$ I really can't complain. I get it on the "Z" plan since my father was a retiree.... works out to 4-5% below invoice. "it's a good thing"!

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current: '97 F-150 ext cab 4x4.
ordered: '00 F-250 crew cab 4x4

 

Dear Hutch,

So far, the 2000's have been responding with approximately the same gains as the 97-99 F-150's have. So you can expect about 28 horsepower, and 46 lbs./ft. of torque from installing the Superchip on a 5.4 engine, whether you have an automatic or a manual transmission.

What you can expect to feel is that the truck will respond basically as if it had a bit larger engine, is perhaps the best way to describe it. Because the Superchip works all the time, and not just at WOT (wide-open throttle), most people see fuel mileage gains as well as improved driveability.

For most normally-aspirated engines (meaning not supercharged or turbocharged), the Superchip delivers a 10%-12% increase in peak horsepower.

There are also a couple other things you might want to look at doing, depending on just what kind of performance you want from your truck.

In general, the 3 best areas to modify, in terms of horsepower gained for each dollar spent, are: 1.) Superchip - 28 hp. 2.) Intake - using the Airaid kit that you can get here at the F150online store at a great price, this is worth a good 12 hp on the 5.4. 3.) The exhaust-use a good cat-back system, such as the Jardine or the Gibson, and the power gains vary from 10 to as much as 17 hp for the Jardine cat-back.

The sum total of doing these 3 mods is about a 50 hp gain, a little more in the 5.4's perhaps, for a total cost of just a bit over $700. Each of these mods will tend to help power *and* gas mileage, and you can do them in any order. We recommend doing one thing at a time, so you can feel what each change did for you, but you can do it all at once if you desire!

Best of luck with your truck,

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Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com

 

Will a super chip help with a 5.4L 5spd.? And if so what does it do? Fuel mix?

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current: '97 F-150 ext cab 4x4.
ordered: '00 F-250 crew cab 4x4

 

As far as I know, there is no 5.4L 5 speed. The 5.4L is only avail in auto because the manual transmission isn't strong enough.

 

This is a 250 not a 150. The 5.4 is std and I believe the trans is different also.

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current: '97 F-150 ext cab 4x4.
ordered: '00 F-250 crew cab 4x4